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By now, human resources professionals, legal counsel, and other corporate stakeholders in any business connected to the H-1B visa program should be well aware that United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) intends to implement a new system this year — indeed this quarter — for filing H-1B visa petitions subject to the annual H-1B visa cap. This ostensibly well-intentioned new system will replace the prior industry practice of preparing hundreds of thousands of complete H-1B visa petitions and submitting them to USCIS each April 1—the official start of what has become known as the H-1B filing season.

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Have you been visiting the U.S. to expand your business in stealth mode or is it in your trajectory to grow there in the future? ​Learn the candid truth about how Trump’s U.S. is cracking down on visitors, but also how Canadians have the best chance out of any nation to land and expand in the U.S Jonathan Grode, U.S. Practice Director (Managing Partner) from Green and Spiegel Immigration Law firm, speaks about his blueprint for your success in the U.S. with different types of Visas to consider alongside classifications to them backed by a sound strategy.

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A small, dedicated crew of hardliners has put up bureaucratic barriers that are far harder to overcome than any hunk of concrete on the southern border. In the two years and 308 days that Donald Trump has been president, his administration has constructed barriers to immigration through subtle administrative shifts. Among immigration lawyers, the cumulative effect of these procedural changes is known as the invisible wall.​ Rachel Morris of Huff Post spoke with David Spaulding, who worked as an investigator for the fraud unit in Philadelphia from 2006 until 2019, about these barriers.

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Admitting to marijuana use in the Trump era seems to be a crime akin to murder. In early 1966, Neil Young was riding in a 1953 Pontiac hearse with Buffalo Springfield bandmate Bruce Palmer when he crossed the U.S. border illegally for the first time. Two years later, Young would be arrested in an infamous drug bust alongside Eric Clapton, Jim Messina, Richie Furay and others in Topanga Canyon. Can the Hall of Famer ever become a U.S. citizen? Angie Martoccio spoke with Jonathan Grode, an immigration lawyer, for his input.

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The fate of more than 800,000 young people known as Dreamers is now in the hands of the United States Supreme Court. DACA supporters rallied in Washington D.C on Tuesday as they waited to learn if beneficiaries will be forced to leave the country. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk spoke to Jonathan Grode, an attorney representing DACA recipients and businesses that have hired them. Grode is working with businesses on contingency plans in case those companies lose the workers they depend on.

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The U.S. Government plans to collect DNA of detained immigrants for an F.B.I. database. Jonathan Grode, Green and Spiegel U.S. Practice Director and Managing Partner, weighs in. Read more on ​The Temple News website.

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Brian Halliday of Green and Spiegel’s Midwest served as co-counsel in PS Lifestyle LLC v. USCIS. This case challenged unlawful agency denials of employment based petitions. Read more on American Immigration Council’s website.

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